I really appreciate to see you asking us for feedback more often. Thank you!

Thanks, Kevin, glad to see surveys!

I provided feedback in the survey, but want to reiterate some of it here.

Mainly, I won't participate in PTS because I don't feel like my feedback changes anything. Whether it's bugs (like the events from last year) or controversial changes (U35, U46), it seems like PTS is "too late" to have bigger changes considered. I would think if something's poorly received on PTS, it's pulled from the build and given more time to bake. You guys are rushing things out. Not sure where that pressure is coming from, but it makes PTS feel pointless.

Also, as I said in another thread, the spreadsheet way of doing things needs to change. No one wants to offer detailed, well-reasoned feedback only for some spreadsheet to take priority. Combat changes especially. To be blunt, if you guys think you know better, then I don't see the point in having a PTS. I'm sorry, I just don't. And if ZOS isn't not willing to come to PTS forums, defend their decisions, then again, I don't see the point of having a PTS. No one buys it as a performative thing anymore - that much should be clear. If you're going to solicit feedback, you need to act on it.

Seeing where the current changes fall in the overall roadmap is also important. Understanding why changes have to be made is important, so providing more detailed explanations will help. But if those explanations provided don't stand up to public scrutiny, there's no reason why the change should go live.

As a console player, I'm really limited in what I can do with PTS anyways. I only have the base game on PC, which used to be enough, but no longer is. So, either make PTS free or provide console PTS. The more people that can test, the better off you'll be.

spartaxoxo wrote: »

Gave my feedback in the survey but want to reiterate it here to make sure it's seen. Console should really have a way to participate in PTS. Even if it's just template only and nothing carries over.

I agree with this very much. I used to be a PC mmo player but since my kids have gotten to be teenagers I do the gaming PCs for them. Just PS5 for me. I used to always do pts in multiple games. I would love to do this again.

Bam done!

nice survey, i filled it in

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

tomofhyrule wrote: »

Thank you so much for giving us the chance to give feedback on the PTS. I know I’m not the only one who was severely disappointed about how the PTS and feedback from thence was handled this year.

I really hope the devs take our responses to heart. I always want to do my part to make the game better for everyone, even if I’m just a normal guy, not a content creator.

Want to echo this. The survey is to make sure we get feedback from everyone. We know many want to help in making the game better for everyone. We want to make sure we are giving everyone the tools to do that. And if we are missing some of those tools, we can see what is possible to resolve pain points.

FWIW - I know that SkinnyCheeks offered to sit down with Brian and walk through the sets for a couple hours. Man - what an idea - can that happen? Can that be a live stream please?

Speaking of tools - I think understanding how people like him test or what tools they've been given by ZOS would go a long way. Having standard metrics, forms, etc. to test with would be helpful.

I am very grateful that this time I can also participate in survey like in good old times, no forbidden access! Something was done on ESO-end to allow participation, thank you

its great that you are asking for feedback,

but what I want to see is that you actually take action on that feedback,

why not do a:

you said:
we did:

Tannus15 wrote: »

We need some sort of feedback loop.

What is the intended use of the set?

I honestly think that about a lot of sets, there are far too many that are dead on arrival, or that once had a purpose but then fell behind.

obviously not every set can be 'meta' for PVE DPS, but there shouldnt be such a wide divide, and the solution is not just to nerf those high performing

I should have put this in the feedback.

Do you want suggestions for solutions or just an outline of the problem?

I read a lot of long, well thought out posts on the PTS forum which give suggestions of solutions and none of them ever get a reply or implimented. Are these people wasting their time with suggestions that you guys don't care about because you want to come up with your own ideas, or are they taken on board and then dismissed or put into a backlog of some sort?

I stopped giving suggestions ages ago because nothing ever comes from it and it doesn't seem to be welcomed.

Tannus15 wrote: »

I should have put this in the feedback.

Do you want suggestions for solutions or just an outline of the problem?

I read a lot of long, well thought out posts on the PTS forum which give suggestions of solutions and none of them ever get a reply or implimented. Are these people wasting their time with suggestions that you guys don't care about because you want to come up with your own ideas, or are they taken on board and then dismissed or put into a backlog of some sort?

I stopped giving suggestions ages ago because nothing ever comes from it and it doesn't seem to be welcomed.

There is defiantly a problem somewhere along the chain of management that blocks all this. Unless that is sorted out even providing feedback in this survey is pointless.

should I answer in my native language? for me the survey seems to be in my language instead of english.

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi everyone! We put together a short survey to help us better understand ESO Public Test Server (PTS) participation, and how we can improve the overall experience. This survey will be open until the end of September 25. We’d love to hear from you even if you’ve never participated in the ESO PTS. Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts with us!

Link to the survey: https://beth.games/46niSAe

Thanks for posting this survey, I have left my feedback as well, mostly to add to what others have already mentioned here.

I just want to also add my voice, that there are some players and content creators who are extremely dedicated to ESO that would be well worth sitting down with and having an open and honest talk with them on some topics.

As @Destai mentioned above, I believe @skinnycheeks has offered in the past to sit down with the team and discuss many things about ESO in-depth (most recently gear sets) and it would be a shame to see such an easy win for the team in terms of creating an (open and honest) discussion on multiple topics with respected and knowledgeable members of the community go to waste.

In the past there were other respected content creators who also offered to sit down with ESO staff (dev team, and/or community managers) and have an open and honest but also fair and respectful discussion about ESO about various topics, yet those interviews/discussions never eventuated/got cancelled, despite being such an awesome way for ZOS to reach out to the community in regards to very big issues within the game at those times. I would hate to see ZOS fumble this same opportunity again, especially since it is such a easy win not only for ESO, but for ZOS as well, especially to see things from the discussion be allowed to be shared with the community.

I think it would help if ZOS were to outline a more exact intent or purpose of the PTS. Explaining exactly what kind of feedback they expect from the players on the PTS.

Because from what I've observed over the last decade is that it's really not much more than an early access preview of "This is what's coming, see if you can break it". Because more often than not, what you see on PTS goes to live, bugs and all. Occasionally some tweaks are made. But for the most part mountains of feedback seem to fall to the wayside.